Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1995No. 93-1142PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant, The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company d/b/a U.S. West Communications, Inc. (hereinafter U.S. West) appeals from the denial of its post-trial motion seeking a new trial on the issue of damages, or remittitur.1 U.S. West contends that the jury award in this action for race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 was the result of passion or prejudice, that the jury should not have been allowed to consider punitive damages, and the jury should have been instructed that unreimbursed expenses should be deducted from any compensatory…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- 69 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 163, 67 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 43,785 Laurie Fitzgerald and Aaron Hazard v. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company D/B/A U.S. West Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
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